Ice shoe or creeper



UNirED STATES PATENT OFFICE.;

Ier-: sHoE 0R CREEEER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,818, dated July 8, 1884.

Application filed March 29, 1884.' (No model.)

.To all whom, it may conceal/z.:

Be it known that I, MARY A. IHRIG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of .Clark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice-Creepers or Ice-Shoes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a longitudinal section of my improved ieeshoe or ice-Creeper. Figs. 2 and 8 are detached views of the spikes or calks. Fig. 4 is a detached view of the spring, which is riveted between the soles.

My improved ice-shoe or ice-Creeper is made in the form of a sandal, (with atoe-cap, A, and

heel-piece B, having an instep-strap, C, provided with a buckle or button, as usual on overshoes, as shown in Fig. l. Between the soles, and extending into the heel, is a platespring, D, riveted in place, the same being twice bent nearly at right angles, so as to fit the heel and hollow of the foot in the shoe, and thus keep the ice-shoe in shape and holding it firmly in position on the shoe. Both in. the bottom of the heel and the tread of the half-sole a series of spikes, E, are inserted, said spikes having barbed heads or sharp points to strike into the ice, in order to prevent slipping. These spikes are made of hardened steel, and the heads thereof have four points, which are easilyT out by machinery, and may be sharpenedv by means of a threecornered file. The Shanks of these spikes may be made smooth and driven into the sole, or they may have a screw-thread cut thereon, as seen in Fig. 3, and then screwed into the leather, so as to hold more rmly in place.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- A shoe or an ice-Creeper adapted to be worn y 

